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Court Urged To Push Ex-GC To Provide Co. Laptop Password
E-commerce company Storehouse In A Box has asked a federal judge in Michigan to issue a preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order against its former general counsel and chief operating officer, arguing he refused to give the company access to a laptop that the company provided and used the company's trade secrets for his benefit.
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Typical Jr. Associate Growing 'Obsolete' With AI, Report Says
The traditional "cut and paste" associate is "rapidly becoming obsolete," according to a report by venture capital firm LegalTech Fund on an early June gathering it co-hosted of a group of legal professionals to discuss law firm training amid the rapid investments into artificial intelligence.
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Ex-USPTO Under Secretary Joins AI Patent Co. Patlytics
Artificial intelligence-powered patent workflow platform Patlytics announced Thursday the appointment of a senior strategic advisor with experience as a deputy general counsel at Google, an under secretary at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and a vice president at Amazon Web Services.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off summer with another action-packed week as BigLaw firms expanded their offerings and reelected leaders. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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AI Raises The Stakes In Legal Teams' Build Vs. Buy Decisions
Legal departments have long faced the choice between buying or building new technologies. But now, with artificial intelligence in the mix, that decision carries even greater weight, directly affecting both costs and productivity.
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Conn. Atty Can't Intervene In Ex-Partner's Digital Data Bid
Connecticut Trial Firm LLC co-founder Ryan McKeen cannot intervene in a discovery bid launched by his former 50-50 law partner Andrew Garza because the proceeding is not a "civil action" under the relevant statute, a state court judge has ruled.
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Court Diversion AI Tool To Be Made Available Nationwide
The National Center for State Courts and the American Arbitration Association announced Wednesday that they plan to make an artificial intelligence tool created to help triage civil caseloads available to courts throughout the nation after a review of filings from the first half of 2024 showed that the program reduced the number of cases on the docket by more than half.
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Study Finds Use Of AI Tools By Legal Teams Spiked In 2025
The percentage of legal departments that use artificial intelligence tools took a big leap in the past year, and general counsel at midsize companies used the cost savings to hire more lawyers, according to a new global benchmarking survey.
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Dentons Canada Launches AI Research Partnership With AXL
Dentons Canada has announced that it's entered into a strategic partnership with a Toronto-based venture studio that launches companies at the forefront of human-centric artificial intelligence.
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Lexis+ AI Boosted Legal Team's ROI By 284%, Study Finds
In-house legal teams that handled more legal tasks internally with the Lexis+ AI generative artificial intelligence platform could reduce spending on outside counsel and save time on administrative work, according to a study commissioned by LexisNexis Legal & Professional on Thursday.
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New Louisiana Law Sets Rules On AI-Generated Evidence
In the latest sign of artificial intelligence's reshaping of the legal world, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has signed a bill amending the state's rules of civil procedure to address AI-generated evidence.
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National Legal Aid Nonprofit Pro Bono Net Taps New Director
The nonprofit Pro Bono Net announced that it has recruited a new executive director with more than a dozen years of experience working on access to justice who most recently spent nearly six years with the National Center for State Courts including in the deputy managing director role.
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Legora Unveils AI-Powered System For Complex Legal Tasks
Legora said Wednesday that it has developed a new system that uses advanced artificial intelligence technology to automate more complex legal tasks such as due diligence from start to finish, freeing human lawyers to spend more time delivering strategic advice to clients.
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How A BigLaw Firm 'Flipped The Script' With Its AI Hackathon
A generative artificial intelligence hackathon originally designed to empower the next generation of lawyers to think creatively about solving complex problems expanded to include senior staff members, resulting in over a dozen ready-to-go AI use cases for the firm.
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Why Firms Are Coaching Young Lawyers On Email Writing
As a new generation of lawyers enters the profession and artificial intelligence reshapes the practice of law, firms are increasingly turning to professional coaches to help junior attorneys adapt. One unexpected area of focus? Teaching them how to manage and respond to email.
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Australian Legal AI Co. Mary Technology Raises $1.7M
Sydney-based Mary Technology, a company that provides artificial intelligence-powered legal document management software, recently wrapped up a AU$2.7 million ($1.7 million) round of pre-seed funding, following an extension backed entirely by existing investors, the startup's chief executive has announced.
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ABA Announces New Research Into Attorney Mental Health
The American Bar Association announced Tuesday it is launching a national research project on attorney mental health, which will provide an updated benchmark of the issue nearly a decade after its 2016 study.
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Seyfarth To Run Second Firmwide Innovation Contest
Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced Monday that it would hold a second SEYence Fair this year, following success last year with the initial event, which invited all firm personnel to brainstorm and submit ideas to improve its operations and delivery of legal services.
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Judiciary Warns Congress Of Cyber Risks To PACER
PACER, the online public repository of federal court documents, is vulnerable to cyberthreats, a top judiciary official told members of Congress on Tuesday.
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DLA Piper Fired IT Worker Because Of Depression, Suit Says
DLA Piper fired an information technology employee because of his depression and anxiety, he told a New York federal court, saying the firm cited a poor "culture fit" to gloss over terminating him at the end of his medical leave.
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Don't Just Take The Money: Funding A Legal Tech Startup
Legal tech companies have been snagging record amounts of funding in recent years, but founders and executives in the industry said startups should think carefully about how much money they raise from investors.
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NC Court Clerks Say E-Filing System Is Compliant
North Carolina court administrators say a 2023 suit filed by Courthouse News Service regarding claims that the state's e-filing system created dayslong delays in obtaining new civil suits is no longer a live dispute, given the courts have allegedly been providing access to filings at a pace exceeding constitutional requirements following a difficult software rollout.
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Software Biz Improves Court Access But Raises Concerns
State and local courts' growing reliance on Tyler Technologies' court management software is helping judiciaries manage caseloads while increasing citizens' access to justice, but the software has also led to data breaches, lawsuits and concerns around accountability, experts say.
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Legal AI Giant Harvey's $300M Funding Puts Valuation At $5B
In a move that underscores its rapid growth, Harvey, the generative artificial intelligence platform for legal professionals, announced a $300 million Series E funding round Monday, elevating its valuation to $5 billion.
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Mourant Adds Chief Transformation Officer From Mishcon Unit
Offshore law firm Mourant said Monday that it has hired Tom Grogan, who was formerly CEO of Mishcon de Reya LLP's tech consultancy MDRxTech, to be its chief transformation officer.
Expert Analysis
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Law Firm Tips For Evaluating AI And Machine Learning Tools
Many legal technology vendors now sell artificial intelligence and machine learning tools at a premium price tag, but law firms must take the time to properly evaluate them as not all offerings generate process efficiencies or even use the technologies advertised, says Steven Magnuson at Ballard Spahr.
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Learning How To Code Can Unleash New Potential In Lawyers
Every lawyer can begin incorporating aspects of software development in their day-to-day practice with little to no changes in their existing tools or workflow, and legal organizations that take steps to encourage this exploration of programming can transform into tech incubators, says George Zalepa at Greenberg Traurig.
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.